Death Howl

Holy smokes. Most of the way through this one and deciding to leave a review. This game is carried by its commitment to its setting. Despite the somewhat simpler pixel art, it is utterly transportive. The sound, world, music, writing, are all this beautiful, mournful trip through the spirit world. Everything is mean and sad and bizarre in a way too few games are willing to commit to. A creature killing himself repeatedly because he thinks it's funny. A bug hive-mind victim-blaming the main character for a death she didn't cause. This is a game I'd recommend if you're willing to immerse in a setting completely. It invites you to imagine the world it depicts alongside the developers. From a gameplay perspective, it's pretty good. Not the hardest game ever, but still respectably challenging. The cards have excellent design spaces and play with a lot of mechanics in really fun ways. It'll never have you proud of a turn in the same way that Into the Breach or Slay the Spire do, but there's a gentle satisfaction to playing the whole game, rather than bursts of triumph and despair. Strongly recommend.

Espere só até eles saberem que tem um modo difícil

I'm nowhere near the end of this yet but the story, atmosphere, and game play loop are off the charts. Without spoiling anything, each region has a couple different intended deck styles that are all unique while building off each other. I think the way they laid this out is super clever and fun, and I'm incredibly invested in the story.

Decent gameplay, atmosphere, strategic, and kind of addictive actually. Reminds me of the Banner Saga a bit. It's designed to waste your time however. Grinding, fighting the same mobs... the mechanics are harsh and very punishing. You HAVE to repeatedly die to progress. The story is somewhat interesting, but I don't think it's worth pushing through just for the sake of it. It takes too much time... It's a pity. Wish there were a easier mode.

If you've ever pretended a stick was a sword, said "cool" when seeing an animal skeleton, taken a bug from your home safely back outside, thrown a pinecone at your sibling, or even just ever rolled a druid, this is *the* game.

Amazing art style. One of the best pixel art games I have played. The story is wholesome and the grind to build new decks throughout the huge expansive map gives you plenty of game exploration. Highly suggest for any TCG fan.

Great game, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it. The art, story and music were beautiful and the combat and deckbuilding are very well designed. Making each area incentivise using it's own set of cards was a great choice to make the gameplay more varied and the totems add a good amount of build complexity too.